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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that online education organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Vietnam to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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