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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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