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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. People want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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