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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open educational endeavours. Students want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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