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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning are enabling people in nations all aver 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 massive open courses are generally free for students 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. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Turkmenistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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