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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOCs are usually free for learners 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 many issues that online learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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