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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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