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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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