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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not 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 topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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