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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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