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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not 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 variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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