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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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