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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free 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 lot of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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