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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always 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 education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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