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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always 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 issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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