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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always 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 distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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