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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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