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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are struggling with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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