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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are ordinarily 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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