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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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