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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 topics that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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