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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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