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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not 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 topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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