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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in electronic education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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