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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students 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 quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand these open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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