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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 many subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education