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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. People want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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