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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly 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 a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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