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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly 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 quite a few topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education initiatives. People want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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