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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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