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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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