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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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