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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ireland to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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