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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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