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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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