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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners 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 a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these fascinating new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education