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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are generally 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 quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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