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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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