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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free 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 subjects that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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