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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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