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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students 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 topics that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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