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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not always 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 issues that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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