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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in electronic education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 many topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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