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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students 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 several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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