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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massively open online 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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