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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have empowered humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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