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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for students 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 a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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