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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are usually free for students 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 a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers 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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