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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always 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 blended learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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