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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online 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 many subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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