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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally 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 issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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