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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online education have empowered students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always 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 many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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