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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online learning have enabled learners all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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