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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students 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. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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