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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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