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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education