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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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