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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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