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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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