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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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