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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually 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. There are many topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education ventures. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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