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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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