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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students 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 topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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