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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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