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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bolivia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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