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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners 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 a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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