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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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