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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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