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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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