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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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