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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always 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 several topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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