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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are 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 lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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