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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently 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 topics that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these new open educational ventures. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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