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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students 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 subjects that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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