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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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