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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students 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 quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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