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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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