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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are providing the means for people all around 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. MOOC classes are typically free for learners 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 topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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