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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always 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 online learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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