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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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