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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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