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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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