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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are generally 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 a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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