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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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