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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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