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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are 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 a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Slovakia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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