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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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