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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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