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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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