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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are customarily 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 numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these fascinating new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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