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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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