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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning make it possible for students all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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