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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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