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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Public servants want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key 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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