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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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