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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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