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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning are empowering people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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