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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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