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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners 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. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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