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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also studies 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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