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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online 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 quite a few issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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