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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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