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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes 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. There are many issues that online education organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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