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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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