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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally 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 a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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