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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Dominica to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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