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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are normally 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. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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