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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free 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 distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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