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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners 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 a variety of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Midway Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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