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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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