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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are free 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Hungary to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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