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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners 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 issues that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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