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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes 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 several issues that elearning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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