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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically 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. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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