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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are typically 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 several subjects that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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