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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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