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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not 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 variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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