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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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