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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly 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 numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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