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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massively open online courses are mostly 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. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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