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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are generally 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 several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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