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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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