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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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