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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly 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. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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