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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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