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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently 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 a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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