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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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