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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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