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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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