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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cook Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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