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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily 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 several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education