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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free 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 online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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