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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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 numerous topics that distance learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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