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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally 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 issues that online education institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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