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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these important new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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