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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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