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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants want to better understand these open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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