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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students 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 a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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