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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open courses are normally 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 quite a few subjects that elearning organizations must deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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