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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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