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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly 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 quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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