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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are normally free for students 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 distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jarvis Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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