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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily 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 elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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