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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always 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 lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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