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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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