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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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