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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in digital education technology make it possible for people all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners 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 many subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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