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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free 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 a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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