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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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