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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education enable people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are usually free but do not 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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