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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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