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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive 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 numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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