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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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