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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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