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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly 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 several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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