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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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