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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always 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 several topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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