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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the major 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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