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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open education undertakings. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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