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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students 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 subjects that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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