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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly 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 variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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