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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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