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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open education endeavours. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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