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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always 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 organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these fascinating new open education ventures. Public servants want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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