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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Anguilla to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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