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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are normally free for students 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 topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the 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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