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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are 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 many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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