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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also describes the key 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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