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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently 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 numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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