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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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