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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. 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. Massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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