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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in digital education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently 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 variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to understand these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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