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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. 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 quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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