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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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