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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners 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 several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Haiti to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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