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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Mayotte to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the most important 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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