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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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