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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly 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 a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these new open education ventures. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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