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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily 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 a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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