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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Barbados to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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