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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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