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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education undertakings. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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