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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are normally 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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