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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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