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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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