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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are normally 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 a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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