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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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