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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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