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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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