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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are free 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 variety of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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