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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently 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 subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Martin to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also talks about the most important 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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