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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are many issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open education initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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