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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 many subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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