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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally 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 a lot of issues that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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