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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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