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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently 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 issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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