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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently 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 variety of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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