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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always 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 lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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