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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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