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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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