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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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