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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 many issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Baker Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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