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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners 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 issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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