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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students 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 many issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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