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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free 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 subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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