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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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