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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are almost always 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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