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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning are making it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are free for learners but do not consistently 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 online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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