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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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