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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are almost always 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 variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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