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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are free for learners 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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