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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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