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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have made it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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