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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually 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 technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open educational initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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