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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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