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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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