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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students 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 several subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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