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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly 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 issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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