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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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