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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are typically free for learners 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 lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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