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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have enabled students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 elearning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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