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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally 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 a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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