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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Davidson College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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