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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are 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 variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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