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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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