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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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