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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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