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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important 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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