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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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