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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 several topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. People want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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