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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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