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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not always 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 subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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