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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are normally 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 online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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