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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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