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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not 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 numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Santa Clara University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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