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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always 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 issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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