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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free 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 lot of topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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