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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in electronic educational technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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