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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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