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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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