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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also considers 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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