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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly 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 a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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