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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open education ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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