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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are typically free 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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