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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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