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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 many topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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