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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues 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 institutions 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 participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peninsula College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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