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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively 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 a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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