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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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