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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 several topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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