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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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