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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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