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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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