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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are 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 numerous topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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