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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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