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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always 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 many topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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