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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these open education initiatives. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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