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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 issues that elearning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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