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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free for learners 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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