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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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