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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free 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 many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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