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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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