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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free for learners 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 subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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