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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are generally 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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