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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally 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 many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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