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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC classes are normally 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 lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. People want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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