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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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