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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently 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 e-learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open education endeavours. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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