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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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