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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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