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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free 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. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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