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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. People want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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