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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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