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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 several issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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