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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free 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 technology organizations must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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