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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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