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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Korea, North to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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