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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are providing the means for 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. MOOCs are generally 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 several subjects that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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