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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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