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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students 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 quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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