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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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