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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 variety of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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