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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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