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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are typically free for students 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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