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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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