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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not 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 e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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