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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the key 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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