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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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