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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC classes are usually free for students 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 many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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