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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are normally free for students 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 subjects that online education institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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