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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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