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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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