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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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