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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not always 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 e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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