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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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