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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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