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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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