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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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