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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always 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 elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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