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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners 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 many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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