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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 several topics that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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