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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are 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. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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