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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 several topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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