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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are almost always 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rwanda to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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