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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally 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 quite a few subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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