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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Washington to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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