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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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