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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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