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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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