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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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