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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free 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 many issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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