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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 lot of topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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