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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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