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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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