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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans in all parts of 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 commonly free for learners 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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