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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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