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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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