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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for students 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 many issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This sensational new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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