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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not 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 subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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