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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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