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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand these open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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