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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because 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. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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