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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also considers the key 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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