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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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