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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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