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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online learning have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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