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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are ordinarily free 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 several topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Colorado System to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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