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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education have made it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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