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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology are empowering learners all around 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. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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