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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily 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 subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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