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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in digital education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs 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 several topics that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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