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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key 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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