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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are usually free 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 quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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