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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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