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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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