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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. 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 subjects that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to understand these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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