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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are free 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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