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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free 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 learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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