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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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