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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students 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 issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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