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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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