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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like North Seattle Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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