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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in online classes. 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 MOOCs are typically 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 many topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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