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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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