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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily 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 numerous topics that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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