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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free 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 many topics that elearning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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