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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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