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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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