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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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