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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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