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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes 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 subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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