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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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