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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are free for students 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 subjects that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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