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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are customarily free 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 distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecuador to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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