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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for learners 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 topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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