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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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