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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Everyone wants to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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