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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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