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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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