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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are 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. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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