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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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