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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Comoros to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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