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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massively open online courses are commonly free 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 a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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