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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for students all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Botswana to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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