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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students 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 a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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