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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that online learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Northern Mariana Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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