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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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