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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jamaica to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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