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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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