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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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