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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Public servants want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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