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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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