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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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