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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always 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 lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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