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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always 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 issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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