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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners 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 subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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