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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are normally 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 variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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