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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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