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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are typically 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 several subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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