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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mali to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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