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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally 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. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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