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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free 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. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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