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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Educators want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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