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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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