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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the key 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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