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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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