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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education technology enable people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free 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 numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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