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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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