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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses 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. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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