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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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