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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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