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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. 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 online courses are free 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. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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