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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving 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 assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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