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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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