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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always 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 variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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