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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently 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 institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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