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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in online learning technology enable students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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