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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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