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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Gabon to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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