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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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