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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses 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 numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like American College of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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