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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are 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. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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