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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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