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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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