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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are generally 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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