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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 variety of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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