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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students 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 numerous issues that elearning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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