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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 e-learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better grasp these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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