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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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