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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. 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 several issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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