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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education are enabling people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always 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 subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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