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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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