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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually 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 topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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