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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in elearning enable students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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