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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology make it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 variety of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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