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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 a variety of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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