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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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