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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around 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 massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always 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 issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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