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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free 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 several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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