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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Costa Rica to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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