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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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