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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many topics that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? This book conveys life-changing stories that might inspire others to try experiencing MOOCs and open education. How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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