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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically 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 numerous subjects that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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