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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically 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 topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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