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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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