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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are normally free 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 several subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Oman to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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