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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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