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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free 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 a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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