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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are normally 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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