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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are almost always 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 many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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