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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free 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 struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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