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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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