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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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