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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free 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 online learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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