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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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