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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are empowering students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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