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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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