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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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