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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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