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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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