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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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