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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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