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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important 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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