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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free 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 numerous topics that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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