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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Academics want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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