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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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