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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ethiopia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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