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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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