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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are commonly 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nigeria to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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