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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are free 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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