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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently 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 topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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