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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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