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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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