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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free 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 quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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