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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses 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. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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