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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners 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 quite a few issues that online learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also describes the 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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