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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online 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 many issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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