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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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