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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 many issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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