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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently 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 topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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