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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses 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 a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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