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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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