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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand these new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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