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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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