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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always 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 issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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