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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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