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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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