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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students 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 quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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