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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to understand these open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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