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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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