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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in online learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students 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 several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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