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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically 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 topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like French Guiana to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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