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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not 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 several topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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