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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in e-learning make it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are 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. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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