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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many topics that online learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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