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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students 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 variety of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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