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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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