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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually 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 numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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