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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in distance learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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