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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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