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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are mostly free 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 quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants want to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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