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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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