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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students 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 many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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