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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key 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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