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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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