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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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