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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free 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. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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