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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily 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 variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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