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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free 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 a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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