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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always 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. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bahrain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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