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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Educators want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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