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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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