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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners 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. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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