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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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