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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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