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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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