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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners 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 several issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Togo to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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