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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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