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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always 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 topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Norway to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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