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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are almost always 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 technology organizations are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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