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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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