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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not consistently 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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