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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are typically 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 variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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