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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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