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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners 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. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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