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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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