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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are free 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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