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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not 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 many subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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