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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free 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 learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Corporations want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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