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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free 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 issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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