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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 variety of issues that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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