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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are normally 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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